xv, 492 pages : 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Maps of Labrador & Newfoundland -- It's About Time -- 1. Taking Shape -- 2. Treks through Prehistory -- 3. Seafarers from the East -- 4. Natives Alone -- 5. Cabot Sails the Vacant Sea -- 6. Uncertain Returns -- 7. Allure of Cod and Whales -- 8. Staking Claim -- 9. Shiploads of Cod -- 10. That First Colony -- 11. Princess, Pirates, and Poets -- 12. Colonies Upon the Avalon -- 13. The Fearsome French, the Unenviable English -- 14. No Peace for the Weary -- 15. More Than Profits -- 16. A Home and Native Land -- 17. Law Makers and Breakers -- 18. In Spite of Mother England -- 19. Mixed Blessings -- 20. Of Fish and Fate -- 21. The Road to Reform -- 22. Where Once they Stood -- 23. A City Arising, a City Destroyed -- 24. The Lessons of Religion -- 25. What Characters! -- 26. Confederation Off the Rails -- 27. A Berth to the Ice -- 28. Communications Central -- 29. War and the Aftermath of War -- 30. Surviving -- 31. To Each His Own -- 32. The Wealth of War -- 33. Nudged into Wedlock -- 34. From Election Wave to Tidal Bore -- 35. Here to Where -- 36. Sheer Will -- Thro' Spindrift Swirl -- Acknowledgements -- On the Web, in Video and Fiction, and Live! -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index

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